Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-20

the state would provide for the purchase
of any railroads by the state this session.
The resolution was then referred to the
committee on internal improvements, and
will no doubt provoke much discussion
when it comes up for consideration.
The appointment OF DR.. Dorset as
superintendent of the lunatic asylum st
Austin as reported in yesterdays papers
J is said to be mistake. Members of the
! legislature say that the power to select
superintendent is given to the board of
management by IN act passed at pre-
/ viOuS session.
! Hon. John NJ. Moore, the rev secre-
| tary OF tate, put on the official harness
( to day.
Gov. Ross did not appear at the capitol
until after dinner. Many visitors called
to see MIN during the day.
Lieut. Gov. Wheeler was on time this
morning and handled the gayel like an
Old presiding officer.
+ The Rev. John Brown Just returned this
evening from Waco, where he went TO be
present. at the meeting of the Farmers
Alliance. He delivered an address to
! their convention asking them to memo
rlaliZe the legislature IN behalf of the
drouth sufferers. He reports that they
will take action Immediately and that
strong appeal will be sent to the legisla-
ture in their behalf to morrow.
| From discussions heard among some
OF the members 1t is very probable that
law will be passed providing for the es-
| adjustment OF state reformatory.
| 1t is reported on good authority that
yesterday afternoon the bail managers
decided not to admit or invite any of the
militia except officers to the ball. The
Waco company, which was the honored
escort of of the governor from his resi-
dence in Waco TO the capital, excepted to
this ruling of the management, and with
the other soldiers and their friends were
proceeding to have little ball of their
own at some other hall. As soon as the
initiatOry steps came to the ears OF the
board they held an informal meeting
on the matter. The majority still favor
ed excluding the soldiers, and it was con-
sidered advisable to consult the governor.
The result of the consultation was that
the committee instanter issued whole
sale invitation to the military. 1t is said
that Gov. Ross, with characteristic
maDliness, declined to attend the fes-
,ivities unless the company, composed of
the best young men in Wacoiwere invited.
They were invited and the ball progressed.
The officers OF the companies when iGvit-
ed under the rule excluding privatcs uni
fOrmly kicked and concluded not TO attend
unless their comrades were also permit
ted TO take part in the evenings festivi-
ties.
Sir Miles Crowly, whom O'Brien Moore
made famous during the Galveston con-
vention, is stopping at the Driskill.
At q conference of Reagan men held at
the Avenue tonight there Were thirty
two present and four accounted for. The
MaXey men also held a conference at the
Driskill and counted forty-two votes, and
the knowing ones gave Ireland forty and
Terrell nineteen. This is about the status
of the senatorial race 81 this time.
There were no new developments to
day. The Knights of Labor held their
session with closed doors. Nothing is
known OF their proceedings. The election
and installation of officers Will probably
occur tomorrow. They will continue in
session until all the business that called
them together is disposed of. ball in
honor of visiting members of the order
was given tonight at Turner Hall by the
local assemblies. 1t was a pleasant and
creditable socisl occasion.
calls to mind the fact that no man since
the days of sam Houston has Withdrawn
to private life with cleaner record or
with greater hosts of friends. Popular
which has ever followed mis-
footsteps, undoubtedly evinces that the
unsnimity with which he was cho-
sen to the office of lieuterant-gov-
ernor was not misplaced confidence.
He has always regarded public office as
q "puhlic trGst,' and no man has ever
labored with greater zeal IN behalf of the
people than he. He is man Of the
people, ever the friend OF the people, and
the eclat which has marked his public
career has come spontaneously from the
great masses of the state. Now, SINCE
his term of office in the state is at 40 end,
the voluntary applause of the people go
up from every section of the state,
'Well done thou good and faithful ser
want"